Amaya Toman Engxenyeni yokuqala yeminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili yekhulu leminyaka elidlule, uSteve Jobs wathenga indlu ebizwa ngokuthi iJackling House. Wahlala esakhiweni esihle kakhulu kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-20, enamakamelo angamashumi amabili, iminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kokuba athuthele ePalo Alto, eCalifornia. Ungase ucabange ukuthi uJobs wayeyithanda iJackling House, isithabathaba somuzi azithengele sona. Kodwa iqiniso lihlukile kancane. Isikhathi esithile, Imisebenzi yayizonda kakhulu iJackling House kangangokuthi, naphezu kokubaluleka kwayo ngokomlando, wafuna ukuyidiliza.
Thenga ngaphambi kokuhamba
Ngo-1984, lapho udumo luka-Apple ludlondlobala futhi iMacintosh yokuqala isanda kwethulwa, uSteve Jobs wathenga iJackling House wathuthela kuyo. Lesi sakhiwo esinamakamelo ayishumi nane sakhiwa ngo-1925 yinduna yezimayini uDaniel Cowan Jackling. Wakhetha omunye wabaklami bezakhiwo baseCalifornia ababebaluleke kakhulu ngaleso sikhathi, uGeorge Washington Smith, owaklama lesi sakhiwo ngesitayela samakholoni aseSpain. Imisebenzi yahlala lapha cishe iminyaka eyishumi. Lena kwakuyiminyaka okungenzeka ukuthi yabona izikhathi zakhe ezimbi kakhulu, kodwa ekugcineni nesiqalo sakhe esisha kancane kancane.
Ngo-1985, cishe unyaka ngemva kokuthenga indlu, Imisebenzi kwadingeka ishiye i-Apple. Wayesahlala endlini lapho ehlangana nomkakhe wesikhathi esizayo, uLaurene Powell, owayengumfundi eStanford University ngaleso sikhathi. Bashada ngo-1991, bahlala eJackling House isikhathi esifushane lapho kuzalwa indodana yabo yokuqala, uReed. Nokho, ekugcineni, umbhangqwana wakwaJobs wathuthela eningizimu emzini osePalo Alto.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
"Terle That House to the Ground"
Ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-90, iJackling House yayingenalutho futhi ishiywe ukuba ibe sesimweni esibi yiMisebenzi. Amafasitela nezicabha kwakushiywe kuvuliwe, futhi izakhi, kanye nezigebengu zabacekelwe phansi, kancane kancane kwaba nethonya elibi endlini. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, lesi sithabathaba esasike saba yindluzula sesiphenduke incithakalo. Incithakalo uSteve Jobs ayeyizonda ngokoqobo. Ngo-2001, uJobs waphikelela ngokuthi indlu ngeke isalungiseka futhi wacela idolobha laseWoodside, lapho kwakukhona khona isithabathaba somuzi, ukuba limvumele ukuthi ayibhidlize. Idolobha lagcina lisivumile isicelo, kodwa abalondolozi bendawo bahlangana bafaka isicelo sokudlulisa icala. Impi yezomthetho yathatha cishe iminyaka eyishumi - kwaze kwaba ngu-2011, lapho inkantolo yokudlulisa amacala igcine ivumele uJobs ukuba abhidlize isakhiwo. Imisebenzi iqale yachitha isikhathi esithile izama ukuthola umuntu ozimisele ukuthatha yonke iJackling House ayithuthe. Kodwa-ke, lapho lowo mzamo wehluleka ngenxa yezizathu ezicacile, wavuma ukuvumela idolobha laseWoodside ukuba lisindise ababekufuna endlini ngokwemihlobiso nempahla.
Igalari yezithombe
Ngakho emasontweni ambalwa ngaphambi kokudilizwa, iqembu lezisebenzi zokuzithandela lahlola indlu, lifuna noma yini eyayingakhishwa kalula futhi ilondolozwe. Isenzo saqala esiholele ekukhishweni kwamaloli amaningana agcwele izinto okuhlanganisa ibhokisi leposi lethusi, amathayela ophahleni ayinkimbinkimbi, izinkuni, izindawo zomlilo, izinto ezikhanyayo kanye nokubunjwa okwakuqondile kakhulu esikhathini futhi kwaba yisibonelo esihle sesitayela se-Spanish Colonial. Eminye yemishini yendlu yangaphambili kaJobs yathola indawo yayo emnyuziyamu wendawo, indawo yokugcina impahla yasedolobheni, kanti ezinye zezimpahla zafakwa endalini ngemva kweminyaka embalwa eyengeziwe.
